PrideFest

When: July 21-22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2012

So, while manning the Indy's booth at last year's PrideFest in Acacia Park (cospride.org), I was doing my thing — bear-hugging everybody in sight; making sure nobody left without a hat and a hard high-five; and just generally embodying the spirit of community and lack of personal space that the event is all about — when the T-shirt vendor across the way started yelling at me, saying that I'm stealing his customers with my outpouring of inclusiveness. Well, far be it from me to hurt somebody's opportunistic sales in the name of brotherhood, so I calmed it down. Not this year, though (which also features a family day on Saturday). This time, between the hours of 10 and 6, my love dial goes to 11. — Bryce Crawford